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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 1 / Monday, January 4, 2021 / Notices
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Release No. 3490804; File Nos. SR
CboeBYX2020032, SRCboeBZX2020
083, SRCboeEDGA2020029, SR
CboeEDGX2020055

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc.; Cboe BZX
Exchange, Inc.; Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc.; Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Changes To Revise Each Exchanges Process for Re-Opening Trading of NYSE-Listed Securities Outside of Regular Trading Hours December 28, 2020.

I. Introduction On November 5, 2020, Cboe BYX
Exchange, Inc. CboeBYX, Cboe BZX
Exchange, Inc. CboeBZX, Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc. CboeEDGA
and Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.
CboeEDGX, and collectively, the Exchanges filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Commission, pursuant to Section 19b1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Act 1 and Rule 19b4
thereunder,2 proposed rule changes to revise each Exchanges process for reopening trading of a security listed on the New York Stock Exchange LLC
NYSE outside of regular trading hours. The proposed rule changes were published for comment in the Federal Register on November 19, 2020.3 The Commission received no comments on the proposed rule changes. This order approves the proposed rule changes.
II. Description of the Proposed Rule Changes Outside of regular trading hours, the Exchanges operate extra-hours sessions from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time ET,4 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET,5 and from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.6 The Exchanges have proposed to change the manner by which they re-open trading of an NYSE-listed security on their 1 15

U.S.C. 78sb1.
CFR 240.19b4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 90421
Nov. 13, 2020, 85 FR 73826 Nov. 19, 2020 SR
CboeBYX2020032; 90420 Nov. 13, 2020, 85 FR
73832 Nov. 19, 2020 SRCboeBZX2020083;
90419 Nov. 13, 2020, 85 FR 73829 Nov. 19, 2020
SRCboeEDGA2020029; 90422 Nov. 13, 2020, 85 FR 73816 Nov. 19, 2020 SRCboeEDGX2020
055. The proposed rule changes are nearly identical.
4 See CboeBYX Rule 1.5ee; CboeBZX Rule 1.5ee; CboeEDGA Rule 1.5ii; CboeEDGX Rule 1.5ii.
5 See CboeBYX Rule 1.5r; CboeBZX Rule 1.5r;
CboeEDGA Rule 1.5s; CboeEDGX Rule 1.5s.
6 See CboeBYX Rule 1.5c; CboeBZX Rule 1.5c;
CboeEDGA Rule 1.5r; CboeEDGX Rule 1.5r.
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respective markets if NYSE lifts the halt, suspension, or pause in that security during an extra-hours session.7 Under the Exchanges current rules and procedures, the only way to re-open trading in an extra-hours session of an NYSE-listed security that has been halted, suspended, or paused by NYSE
is for Exchange staff to manually reopen the market for that security.8 The Exchanges have represented that, under their current procedures, Exchange staff would have the authority to re-open their markets for trading an NYSE-listed security during an extra-hours session if two conditions are met: 1 NYSE lifts the halt, suspension, or pause in that security; and 2 one or more other exchanges resumes quoting the security.9 Furthermore, under current procedures, Exchange staff would ascertain whether these two conditions had been met and, if so, re-open the market manually. The Exchanges believe that this manual process is inefficient, and state that members have requested that the Exchanges replace this process with a more efficient automated process.
The Exchanges have proposed to reconfigure their systems such that, when NYSE has halted, suspended, or paused trading in one of its listed securities and subsequently lifts the halt, suspension, or pause during an extra-hours session, the Exchanges would re-open their respective markets in that security automatically when those two conditions are present, thereby eliminating the need for manual intervention. The Exchanges are not proposing any changes to the conditions for re-opening their markets, only the mechanism for doing so. The new automated procedures would automatically resume trading after one second has passed following the Exchanges receipt of the first NBBO
following the resumption of trading after the halt, suspension, or pause. This change would allow each Exchange to avoid the need for its staff to monitor for resumption messages, and would allow members orders to be automatically reflected in the market, while 7 If NYSE lifts the halt, suspension, or pause in one of its listed securities during regular trading hours, existing rules of the Exchangeswhich the Exchanges are not proposing to changewould apply. See CboeBYX Rule 11.23e1; CboeBZX
Rule 11.24e1; CboeEDGA Rule 11.7e1;
CboeEDGX Rule 11.7e1.
8 See CboeBYX Rule 11.23e2; CboeBZX Rule 11.24e2; CboeEDGA Rule 11.7e2; CboeEDGX
Rule 11.7e2.
9 See Email from Adrian Griffiths, Assistant General Counsel, Cboe Global Markets, to Michael Gaw, Kathleen Gross, and Marlene Olsen, Division of Trading and Markets, Commission Dec. 14, 2020.

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continuing to ensure that the Exchanges re-opening is tied to the existence of a market in the security on one or more national securities exchanges.
If there is no available NBBO in the security, the proposed automated procedures would not resume trading on the Exchanges. However, each Exchange would retain the ability to manually resume trading at its discretion pursuant to an existing rule.10
Each Exchange also has proposed to amend the existing rule to specifically provide that that discretion exists only when a security has not otherwise been re-opened for trading on the Exchange pursuant to the new automated procedures. The Exchanges believe that modifying the rules in this manner would increase transparency by specifically identifying the times when this discretion is not relevant due to the fact that the Exchange has successfully re-opened the security using its automated procedures. The Exchanges have represented that these additional changes would not substantively modify the scope of the discretion provided under the existing rules.
III. Discussion and Commission Findings After careful review, the Commission finds that the proposed rule changes are consistent with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a national securities exchange.11 In particular, the Commission finds that the proposed rule changes are consistent with Section 6b5 of the Act,12 which requires, among other things, that the rules of a national securities exchange be designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest.
As noted above, the Exchanges have proposed to reconfigure their systems such that, when NYSE has halted, suspended, or paused trading in one of its listed securities and subsequently 10 See CboeBYX Rule 11.23e2; CboeBZX Rule 11.24e2; CboeEDGA Rule 11.7e2; CboeEDGX
Rule 11.7e2 providing that, where neither of the conditions required for re-opening has occurred, the security may be opened for trading at the discretion of the Exchange.
11 In approving these proposed rule changes, the Commission has considered the proposed rules impact on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78cf.
12 15 U.S.C. 78fb5.

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